St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-23
The Citizens Of Red Wing Will Ask the
Governor
FOR A RED WING MAN
On the Reform School Commission in
Place of Petit, Whose Tenn
Soon Expires.
Special to the Globe.


ing at which the citizens might express
their views on the subject, and eonse-
quently ArmOry hall the rendezvous, was
packed to its full capacity last evening
when Mayor Hawkins called the assem-
blage to order. Ex-Goy. Hubbard was
made president of the meeting. Speeches
were made by eX-State Senator Hall, eX-
Gov. Hubbard, Mayor Hawkins and
others, after which the following reso-
lutlOnS were adopted:
Whereas, Under a law passed by the
last legislature entitled IAN act to re-
move the state reform school and to re-
locate the same" the commissioners
therein named did select as suitable
location for said school certain lands in
the vicinity of Red Wing. and
Whereas, By said law the board Of
managers of said school are directed
and required to sell the existing prop
erty. of the school, and out of the pro-
ceedS OF such sale to purchase the site
so selected, erect thereon the necessary
buildings and remove said school
thereto. And
whereas, committee appointed by
and acting for the citizens of Red
wing, relying upon the honor and fidel-
Ity OF said board OF managers, and be-
Heylng that they would in good faith
carry out and obey the provisions of
said law. have entered into contracts
and incurred obligations with the owners
OF the lands so reached for the convey
ance thereof to the state for said school;
and whereas Hon. d. W. Ingersoll
and Hon. W.P. Murray, of st. Paul, and
Hon. +. A. Hushenr and Hon. C. II.
Petit, of Minneapolis. constituting the
board OF managers OF said school have
at ali times declared themselves ready
and willing in good faith to perform the
duties imposed upon them by said law:
aud
Whereas, In defiance of such oft reit-
Grated declarations said Murray, niger
soil and Petit, by various preteXts, eX-
cuseS and frivolous objections have
from time to time postponed and de-
layed action on the part of the board,
so that more than six months
have elapsed since the selection
of such new location, and no steps have
been taken and nothing whatever done
by said board towards the sale of the
property of the school, or the purchase
of said lands, OF the removal of said
school thereto: and,
Whereas, We have repeatedly pro-
tested against the needless delays and
ties imposed upon them by law. and our
protestations have been met only by
fresh excuses and unSubStantial prom
lses, until at last our patience is eX-
hauSted and our confidence betrayed;
and.
Whereas, From the peculiar conduct
of Mr.. Petit, both before and since the
selection of the Red Wing site. we are
reluctantly compelled to believe that he
is cOyertly seeking to prevent the re-
moval of the school thereto, with the
ulteriOr intention of eventually Secur-
ing its removal to some faYorite locality
of his own; and,
Whereas, The equally peculiar con-
duct of Mr.. Murray and of Mr..
ingersol influenced by Murray, con-
vinces us that they are likewise
participators in the scheme of obstruc-
ton and notification and iustifies the
suspicion that they seek to retain the
school in its present location, believing
that they are so acting in the interests
and with the approval of the citizens of
st. Paul.
Therefore, Resolved, That we denonnce
the said conduct of NIe5Srs. Murray Pet.
tit and lngerSOil as an assumption of arbi
trary power, dangerous in its tendencies
and directly subyerting and annulling
the laws of the state. That on demand
of said board as all act of justice to the
owners of the lands selected, to our
selves, and to the law-abiding people of
Minnesota, that without further delay
or excuse, but i'll good faith and in obe-
dience to law they proceed at once to
discharge the imperative duties imposed
upon them by the law.
Resolved, That we expressly except
from the criticism herein contained
Hon. F. A. HuSher, whose honorable
and manly course i'll fearleSsly attempt
ing to perform his duty as an officer
of the state commands our respect and
entities him to our thanks.
Resolved, That we earnestly appeal
to the citizens OF st. Paul to use their
influence to prevent the injustice
contemplated against us. 1t is our
sincere desire to preserve i'll the fut-
ure. as in the past, those terms
good will and friendly alliances which
have always existed between them and
us: and we respectfully, but firmly, III
vite them to consider well whether the
relation of the reform school within the
corporate limits of their prosperous city
is an adequate compensation for the iu-
evitable consequences which must fol-
low the contamination of the designs of
their representatives upon the board of
managers of the state reform school.
Judge Wilder in his speech gave the
details of a conversation between Mr..
IngerSOll and Mr.. Brooks, i'll which 1t
was shown that the former declared
that he was on the Pacific coast at the
time the site was selected, whereas he
was one of the party that was driven
out to the Spates and the other farms at
the time of the visit of the COM
Mr. TnnarcniI
old and his memory was defective, but
he was honest and meant to do right.
zone of the board of managers of the
Reform school goes out in January
under the law" said S. 2. JenniSon,
land | think it will be Petit. 1t will
do no good to pass resolutions, but we
must act with the governor. We
must say to him that he has
taken all oath to see the law prop
erly administered, if he does not coin-
eide with us then we must get gov
ernor who will. These two marplots,
Murray and Petit, one of whom votes
the Democratic ticket in st. Paul and
the other the Republican ticket at Mill
neapolis, are unit to defeat the will
of the people, and they will
of putting the school where it
belongs. The place to do our work is
with the governor, for he has reasons to
be good to the citizens of Goodhue
and | am certain that be will
not make a third party in this conspiracy
to defraud us Of our rights"
Mr.. Hall stated that petition had
been prepared to be submitted to the
governor, asking the appointment of
citizen of Red Wing as member of the
board of managers to succeed Mr.. Petit,
of Minneapolis, whose term would eX-
pire in January. 1t was further agreed
that a committee of 100 citizens of Good
hue county should wait upon the COVER
nor next Friday and present the peti-
ton, after which the meeting adjourned.
A Terrible Street Fight,